APS black student singled out to play cotton picking game

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that you put racist in quotes tells me exactly who you are.

DP, but no. The game is not “picking cotton” and is not racist. Unless anything having to do with cotton is considered racist, how could a sub from another country, or this one for that matter, ever think that pushing around cotton balls with your nose is racist and resembles picking cotton? Was it a waste of time and not what should be happening in school? Yes. Was it handled poorly by a clueless but needed sun? Seems like it. But this family is the reason the kid is now in the library and they clearly want money or for APS to foot the bill for a private placement.

He felt uncomfortable and told his teacher so. The mom thinks it's racist. The NAACP got involved. I don't know what else to tell you. If a Black person tells you something's racist, I'm going to listen to them, not some anonymous person.

What would you have considered an appropriate response to the complaint?

this is all a silly waste of resources.
It seems as though the school is in a catch-22 on this incident. If the initial response to the parent had been, "You are right, this game was racist and damage has been done to your child", APS would be sued with proof of guilt. The teacher initially denied that the activity was racist, and that was interpreted as "not being able to accept the wrongness". How COULD the school have responded to this to avoid a lawsuit? The only place where APS was truly wrong was with the student confronting the student after the fact. That should not have happened, but I can understand how this teacher, a foreign-born POC, was utterly baffled by the accusation.

The teacher at the heart of the complaint is a foreign born person of color?

I was surprised that the teacher is supposed to have said : “You think I am a racist??” immediately after the incident.

Now I can see it.

Ok but you don't say that in front of the entire class!!!!

She was a sub, English isn't her first language. She was probably so confused and just asked it as a question without thinking it through.

Teachers have a unique job where they have to talk all day. They can flub up every once in awhile.
We have to show some understanding, patience, and forgiveness. But, to just start name slinging as a society is not the way to go.

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Anonymous wrote:I am fine with kids doing an occasional fun game or team building activity every once in a while. I’d attending an assembly. A half day seems like a good time to go it.

The teacher probably asked the kid, because she knows he knows the truth. It’s nonsense. I really feel sorry for him.

I am fine with teachers occasionally doing something fun too. But here the fun was mandated and each teacher had to do these kinds of games vs getting to decide for themselves. Many criticize teachers, but perhaps this is wrong. In any case, it is better than organizing games like casinos https://gamblebeaver.com/best-payout-online-casinos/ In my opinion, games like gambling are not the best solution for teaching students through them. And such examples were in various schools. I read the whole topic, many criticize teachers, but I can't form a final opinion. For a sub, it may have been easier to give the kids a worksheet that took 20 minutes than try to coordinate having the kids play a game.

Perhaps the teachers wanted to do something interesting for the students. If so, then the initiative was good, but perhaps school administrators should have made the gameplay fun for everyone and optional.

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Apparently they’re now asking for $10mil? I feel bad for the poor kid, his mother is not doing him any favors with this.

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And Gunston is back to having kids play stupid games on half days, which is what got them into this mess. My kid said it is supposed to be a break from stress related to SOL prep. You know what cuts down on test stress? Being well prepared instead of procrastinating by playing stupid games.


I can't wait until Wiggins is gone

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Apparently they’re now asking for $10mil? I feel bad for the poor kid, his mother is not doing him any favors with this.

Shakedown!

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Anonymous wrote:https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classrooms/sidney-rousey-jr-cotton-picking-game-nose-dive-gunston-middle-school-arlington-public-schools-racism-black-history-slavery-keisha-kirkland-lawsuit-justin-fairfax-demand-settlement

Apparently they’re now asking for $10mil? I feel bad for the poor kid, his mother is not doing him any favors with this.

Shakedown!

That’s ridiculous.

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Instead of changing Gunston’s name because of its link to slavery, perhaps Justin Fairfax should change his name?

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So crazy that they are suing the school district for 10 million dollars because of a substitute's stupid mistake! I've lost all respect for Justin Fairfax.

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There needs to be a teacher fired, nobody should get money for this ridiculous. You all pay our of taxes a d insurance for a free ride wtf

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Anonymous wrote:So crazy that they are suing the school district for 10 million dollars because of a substitute's stupid mistake! I've lost all respect for Justin Fairfax.

+1 it’s absurd.

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Anonymous wrote:So crazy that they are suing the school district for 10 million dollars because of a substitute's stupid mistake! I've lost all respect for Justin Fairfax.

You’d think two women going public worth credible accusations of rape might have already taken away any respect you might have had for him, but, sure. If I had any respect for him, I’d lose it, too.

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Anonymous wrote:So crazy that they are suing the school district for 10 million dollars because of a substitute's stupid mistake! I've lost all respect for Justin Fairfax.

You’d think two women going public worth credible accusations of rape might have already taken away any respect you might have had for him, but, sure. If I had any respect for him, I’d lose it, too.

Yeah? It’s very credible when a white governor gets caught in a racist scandal and is being asked to step down because of his racist past. Then coincidentally while he is being pressured to step down, the Black man that’s first in line to succeed the governor starts getting me too allegations.
Very credible!

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Anonymous wrote:So crazy that they are suing the school district for 10 million dollars because of a substitute's stupid mistake! I've lost all respect for Justin Fairfax.

It wasn’t even a stupid mistake! Nothing about this game is “picking cotton”

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If she gets a penny, I’ll be furious.

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Anonymous wrote:So crazy that they are suing the school district for 10 million dollars because of a substitute's stupid mistake! I've lost all respect for Justin Fairfax.

+1 it’s absurd.

+1. Justin Fairfax is now a moron in my book.